The upgraded version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is just around the corner . That’s right, Qualcomm confirmed through its official Weibo account that on May 20 they will hold an event in China related to their famous processors in which the official presentation of the expected Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ may take place.
And, just hours before what is likely to be the launch of the most powerful chipset of 2022 , some details of this processor have already been leaked. Do you want to know what they are? Well, stay with us to reveal everything that is known so far about the latest from Qualcomm.
This will be the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus: first details revealed
The renowned Chinese leaker Digital Chat Station , who also leaked the details of the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1, has again been responsible for revealing the improvements with which this new Qualcomm chipset will arrive.
Through his Weibo account, he reported that this will be a processor manufactured with 4 nanometer technology. In addition, it will retain the core architecture (1 + 3 + 4) that we already saw in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 . This means you will have one Cortex X2, three Cortex A710s, and four Cortex A510s.
And just like the CPU, the graphics processing unit (GPU) of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus is also expected to repeat the architecture of its smaller brother. Now, according to the Chinese filter, the main novelties with which this chipset will arrive are the increase in clock speeds and improvements in energy efficiency .
This new SoC will come with a 10% increase in performance and will also reduce power consumption by 30% compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. However, the leaker emphasizes that this information comes from laboratory tests and that we will have to wait. for the actual performance of the mass-produced Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+.
And you… Do you think the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus will become the fastest processor of the year?
